America In More Danger From Terrorism Now Than Before 9-11-2001, Because Of Tragic Bush Mistakes.
America In More Danger From Terrorism Now Than Before 9-11-2001, Because Of Tragic Bush Mistakes.
"Blinded by ideology, they stumble down the wrong road, headed toward disaster."
Political Commentary By Rev. Bill McGinnis
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Three years have now gone by since the September 11th attacks in 2001, and America is in far more danger from terrorism now than it was then. The number and severity of terrorist attacks worldwide has increased dramatically, as has the number of active terrorists. Before 9/11, terrorism was confined to a small number of extremist individuals, loosely linked by radical Islam and hatred of Israel and its protector, the USA.
Now, many more moderate Muslims have become radicalized, world-wide, willing to kill innocent civilians in order to achieve their purposes.
And the major targets have expanded to include civilians in Russia, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Spain, and elsewhere, as well as Israel and the United States. Who does not remember seeing the murdered Russian school children on TV? This never happened before. Terrorism is getting worse, not better!
During these past three years, the infection of terrorism has spread dangerously because the Bush administration has been treating it with two kinds of wrong medicine. Just like trying to treat anthrax with a laxative and a diuretic. Wrong medicines, no good results. Possible fatality, as the infection continues to spread, improperly treated.
The first wrong medicine that Bush tried to use was "Trying To Stop Terrorism By Killing The Terrorists."
The second wrong medicine that Bush tried to use was "The Needless, Useless, Immoral, Murderous, Illegal, Counter-productive, Idiot Invasion Of Iraq." Let's look at both of these:
1. Trying To Stop Terrorism By Killing The Terrorists
Trying to stop terrorism by killing terrorists only makes things worse, because when you kill one terrorist, you radicalize all his friends and neighbors and relatives, and you end up creating several new terrorists for every one you kill. So the more terrorists you kill, the worse off you are. Better not to kill any of them, but try to think of something else that might actually work..
Do the math: kill 1, create 5; kill five, create twenty-five; kill twenty-five, create a hundred twenty-five; kill a hundred twenty-five, create six hundred twenty-five. See: it doesn't work! There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world. If less than one tenth of one percent become active terrorists against us, that is a million-person army of dedicated killers, trying to kill us. Do we really want to have this? No! This is no good! Killing terrorists is the wrong way to eliminate terrorism, because it keeps creating more and more of them.
2. The Needless, Useless, Immoral, Murderous, Illegal, Counter-productive, Idiot Invasion Of Iraq
The idiot war in Iraq has been a total disaster from start to finish (if there ever is a finish). First, it was based on pure deception, supported by phony "intelligence" from God-knows-where. There never were any weapons of mass destruction. There never was any tie between Saddam and anti-American terrorism. (Yes, Saddam did support local anti-Israel terrorism, but that is certainly no reason for the USA to start a war with Iraq. Israel hates its neighbors; they hate Israel in return. It's their feud, not ours. We should never have gotten dragged into it like we have been.)
There never was any actual threat to the USA from Saddam. He was completely under control, stifled by the UN investigators. His earlier Weapons of Mass Destruction had all been destroyed, and all he had left were dreams and vague plans: no actual WMD. We could have kept him safely under control forever. But, NO! We had to invade and screw things up completely, for no good reason. Disaster. And it's not over yet.
Before the invasion and occupation of Iraq, people in the Muslim world were very suspicious that the USA had bad intentions toward them; but now, they are absolutely sure. All of their worst fears about the USA have now been proven to be true, it appears to them! We ARE trying the steal their oil, it appears. We ARE backing Israel in all things, right or wrong, it appears; We do not care at all about Muslim civilian deaths, it appears.
"Collateral damage" to us "is murder of women and children," to them. We ARE trying to impose Secular Capitalism on them, it appears to them, in clear opposition to their religious and cultural beliefs. (We call it "Democracy" and "Freedom," but they see it as putting the Will Of Man over the Laws Of God, and allowing all kinds of sin and deviant behavior to run rampant.) Naturally, they are rebelling against us. What else would you expect? And sure, Saddam was a bad guy, and if you opposed him you were in big trouble. So what? That's life in all dictatorships, including the many that we have always supported. That's no reason to start a war.
Thus, the idiot war in Iraq has worked against us in every possible way, making us far less safe than we otherwise would have been.
Bush supporters will try to say, "See! We are safe now, because there have been no terrorist attacks in the USA since 9-11. Our policies are working!" This is like saying that Hurricane Ivan won't hit Mobile, Alabama because none has done so in many years. But the weather map shows the hurricane heading straight for Mobile. Not very intelligent, but what should we expect from policy-makers who are blinded by ideology, and would not recognize the truth if it were standing in front of them!
True, the USA has not suffered a successful major attack since 9/11, but this does not mean that we are safer. The terrorists could strike any time they choose, through any of the numerous loopholes so well reported in our media. But they have chosen not to attack, perhaps because they are waiting to produce an effect even greater than the 9/11 attacks, so they do not appear to be losing strength. What could be more spectacular than the 9/11 attacks? Nuclear! Or massive bio-chemical attack! And I think this is what they are waiting for. All of our frantic preparations may have had some effect in preventing small-time casual attacks, but they cannot stop a serious planned attack, any more than a mere door lock can stop a serious robber who really wants to get into your house.
So the Bush administration can keep claiming that we are safer now, under their policies. But this claim is merely feel-good propaganda, intended to keep the neo-cons in power. It cannot withstand clear-headed scrutiny. The fact is, Bush policies have failed completely even to diminish terrorism, much less defeat it. By trying to "stamp out" terrorism by killing terrorists, Bush and Israel have made things infinitely worse for us: more dangerous, not safer. And the idiot war in Iraq has made everything worse for us, by any rational measure. And proof that Bush has failed may come at any moment, explosively, with one big successful attack here in the USA.
May God help us all.
Rev. Bill McGinnis, Director
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